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| Sis VanWagnen and Karee as twinners! |
Hola!
It
seems as though my time has come. Saying goodbye cannot get any harder
than this! I feel like I have only just gotten here to Boston and
figured out how to use the buses and how all the cities connect. I guess
that means it is time to get me out of my comfort zone and let me meet
some more wonderful people. I am going to be transferred to Worcester. I
have only heard good things about this new place. Like how my apartment
is going to have a gym, or how I will have a car now, or that my
district leader's uncle is in the ward. I have also heard that there are
more Puerto Ricains there. Which is going to be fun because I can
understand Dominicans, but when Hno. Anleu was imitating what they would
sound like... I had a hard time understanding. I guess I just need to
keep learning the different accents. Sister Hileman is getting
transferred to Martha's vineyard but she will be speaking english.
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| The Anleu family and Karee(He is quite the jokester)!) |
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| Sis Hilleman(getting transferred to Martha's Vineyard), Bro Gomez, and Karee |
Tuesday-
After emailing we went and had some lunch with Sister Gonzalez. Then we
went on a hunt to go find some people. It was really quite hot, but we
were able to find one elderly member and made a return appointment for
her. Then we walked to Roxbury to meet up with a potential investigator.
We needed to get that walking in after the lunch that we ate (it was A
LOT!) We met up with Fabio who is from Cuba. He used to be a doctor, but
is now writing medical articles for a newspaper. The Matos family met
up with us and we went to a McDonald's to teach (it was the closest
place). The lesson went well and we will see how the teaching goes, but
his schedule is a little hard to work with because he doesn't actually
know when he is free until later.
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| The Matos family, Karee, and Sis Hilleman |
Wednesday-
We had a really good lesson with Eridania. Sister Packard and her
daughter Angela came. Sister Packard served her mission in Uruguay, so
she knew a little Spanish and could mostly understand. Angela is taking
Spanish right now and could say a few things, but I was the translator
for the majority. This was very interesting and I am sure there were a
few things that got lost, because I am by far, not fluent
and definitely not perfect. We talked about miracles and how both
Eridania and Angela were both living proof that miracles still happen.
We read parts of Moroni 7 with her (which is a wonderful chapter). It
talks about how miracles haven't ceased and that by faith do they
happen. If you substitute angels for missionaries... it is very touching
(at least for me). I cried a little during that lesson. Just because I
love her so much. It's hard for me to fully express myself and why I
want her to understand what I am trying to tell her. Sister Packard
thought this was a fun experience for her and for Angela and they are
planning to come out with the Spanish sisters more. We also had a really
good lesson later with sister Montero after some delicious Peruvian
dinner.
It
looks like my time is short this week. Sorry. But I do want to share an
experience I have learned from. I have been blessed with the
opportunity to see the fulfillment of two scriptures "whom the Lord
calls, He qualifies" and that "by small and simple things are great
things brought to pass". How? Well, I am honestly not that good at
Spanish. I can hold a elementary conversation and can, for the most
part, understand what people are saying to me. But to be a teacher? No
way. How could anyone learn anything from me? Well, I have been called.
And though I have a lot to learn, I can see that Heavenly Father has
blessed me with the words that I need to say, when I need to say them.
This doesn't mean that I don't struggle or pause, because I do. This
doesn't mean that I stop studying, it makes me want to study more. This
doesn't mean that Heavenly Father is going to stop me from teaching the
Gospel. In fact, it is quite the opposite. He has actually given me the
opportunities to teach some of the most important lessons. Not just
about baptism, but about eternal families and the important steps to
make the covenants with God in order to get back to Him and live with
their families forever. I was able to teach temple classes to a few
families in the ward. Not only were the lessons taught (because we all
know that it was the Spirit teaching) but I was able to grow closer to
the members, the Lord and I was able to remember some of the covenants
that I have made and the importance of them. I am in no way qualified to
teach such great things, but with the help of the Lord, I can.
Also
I am just a small thing. An instrument in God's plan for these people.
Through me as a "teacher" these people are preparing to make covenants
that will bind them together as a family forever. That is a great thing.
A really great thing.
I am but a small thing, but
Heavenly Father has called me so that He might bring great things into
the lives of others to complete His plans for them.
Love you all!
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